diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a936a19..72aa60a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pluggy==0.8.0
 psutil==5.4.8
 psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1
 py==1.7.0
-pycares==2.3.0
+pycares==4.2.0
 pylint==2.2.2
 pyparsing==2.3.0
 pytest==4.2.1